My strained relationship with my dad should be no stranger to this blog, as I vent about it all the time. He disappeared from my life when I was 9 or 10, and we have not spoken since until today. As I was heading back to the break room for lunch at work my phone buzzed and I saw that I had a Facebook message from my dad. This was the first time I’ve heard from him in 8 years and it shook me up a little bit.

The message basically said that he had left his wife of 15 years and that he was sorry for everything he had put me through and that he missed me. I still haven’t responded to him because I have no idea what to say and I’m honestly really angry with him. I’ve had the same home phone number basically my whole life, and my mom has the same cell phone number she’s has since I was 8, yet he sends me a message over FACEBOOK, to say that he’s finally left his horrible wife and that he’s sorry. He left my mom and I to go start his dream family and now that that is falling apart he’s realized the damage he’s done and suddenly feels bad for it?

Nah ah sorry that is not how it works.

Your half-assed apology will never make up for the pain that you have caused me and all the times I felt like an unloved mistake. Stay away from me.